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Remember the Alamo
by WildYams on Apr 29, 2009 10:03 PM EDT
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I come here not to bury the Spurs, but to praise them.
That's right, me, a Laker fan, has come here to write a postmortem of sorts and to pay homage to the Lakers' greatest rivals over the last 15 years: the San Antonio Spurs. Last night the Spurs were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs for the first time since 2000, and for the first time in Tim Duncan's storied career in the NBA. Some have said that the defeat marks the end of the Spurs' time as championship contenders, that their championship window has closed, that the sun has set on this most successful team of the post-Jordan NBA. The Spurs are a team that for many, myself included, conjured up extremely strong feelings of distaste, disgust and dismay for many, many years. But they conjured up a couple other things as well: fear, and then later, respect.
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Playoff Rotations
by WildYams on Apr 22, 2009 3:26 PM EDT
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Something really jumped out at me last night and I was glad to see Phil Jackson voluntarily addressed it afterwards:
"I think it was my fault," he said in a rare mea culpa. "Substitution probably hurt us a little bit in the course of the game, and I think that I tried to play too many players at that time in the game to get us going, which created a little bit of hesitancy."
With that in mind, let's discuss the playoff rotations.
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Opening Credits: Saturday
by WildYams on Apr 18, 2009 6:28 AM EDT
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Can you feel it in the air? Hell, can you taste it in the air? The playoffs are here. At long last we get to see the cream rise to the top as the 8 best teams in each conference battle it out to see which two will compete for the title. But before we see if our Lakers have a Hollywood ending in store for us in June, we've got to sit through the opening credits.
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Some Advice For Visiting Fans of Other Teams
by WildYams on Apr 17, 2009 1:24 PM EDT
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Since the Lakers are generally one of the higher-profile teams in the league, and because LA is one of the favorites to compete for the title this year, I wanted to give fans of rival teams a view of things from a Laker fan’s perspective.
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Kobe, LeBron, the MVP Award and the NBA Championship
by WildYams on Apr 16, 2009 2:13 PM EDT
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[Ed. Note: Folks, please welcome Wild Yams, our first community volunteer author here at SS&R. Like many of you, I'm sure, I've seen Wild Yams' comments on various blogs across these internets, and have always been impressed with the insight and analysis he provides. SS&R is lucky to have him on board. He kicks off his tenure here at SS&R with an excellent discussion of the 2009 regular season MVP race.]
I'm new around here, but then again I guess we all are, and Josh gracefully asked me to help out with some of the writing duties on SS&R, so I thought I should hurry up and make my first post. With the regular season over there's a lot to talk about, from the upcoming series with the Jazz, to the speculation that Kevin Garnett is done for the year, to other playoff matchups around the league, including who the Lakers might meet in the second round after beating if they beat the Utah Jazz. But as always seems to be the case at this time of year, the thing that is foremost on everyone's minds is who will win the MVP, and this year is no different.
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